'Involute' definitions:
Definition of 'involute'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward [syn: involute, rolled]
adjective
(of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured
Definition of 'Involute'
From: GCIDE
- Involute \In"vo*lute\, Involuted \In"vo*lu`ted\, a. [L. involutus, p. p. of involvere. See Involve.]
- 1. (Bot.) Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in [ae]stivation. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) (a) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea. (b) Rolled inward spirally. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Involute'
From: GCIDE